Willoughby Williams

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Willoughby Williams
Died(1802-06-06)June 6, 1802
Rutledge, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationPolitician
SpouseNancy Glasgow
Children6, including Willoughby Williams Jr.
Relatives James Glasgow (father-in-law)

Willoughby Williams was an American war veteran and politician from North Carolina. [1] [2]

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Early life

Williams was born in the 18th century.

Career

Williams enlisted in 1776 and fought in the American Revolutionary War as a regimental commissionary officer. [1] [2] He served in the Battle of Cowpens of January 17, 1781. [1] In 1790, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. [1]

Personal life

On January 1, 1786, Williams married Nancy Glasgow (1771-1857), daughter of James Glasgow (1735-1819) who served as North Carolina Secretary of State from 1777 to 1798. [1] [3] They had six children. [1] Their son Willoughby Williams Jr. (1798-1882) went on to live in Woodlawn, a National Register of Historic Places-listed mansion in Nashville. [3]

Williams lived in Dobbs County, North Carolina. [1]

Death

Williams died on June 6, 1802, in Rutledge, Tennessee, on his way to Davidson County, Tennessee. [1] In 1806, his widow married Joseph McMinn, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1815 to 1821. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Zella Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution: Compiled from Pension Statements, Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009, p. 117
  2. 1 2 William Stevens Powell (ed.), Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press, 1986, p. 304
  3. 1 2 Lineage Book, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1936, p. 269


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